O Level Physics 5054, topic 4.4.1

Uses of electricity: past paper questions

8 Cambridge O Level Physics 5054 questions on Uses of electricity (4.4.1) from 7 papers, 2023 to 2025. Mostly multiple choice. Open the paper or try a question free.

Practise this topic Try one question free

Practising builds a set from this topic, free with an account. One question opens straight away, with no account.

Questions: 8
Papers: 7
Years: 2023 to 2025
Total marks: 16
Average per question: 2 marks
Largest question: 9 marks

By type: Multiple choice 7 · Structured 1

How hard the questions are

Recall0
Apply0
Analyse1
Not banded7

Derived from the command word Cambridge prints in each question, banded by a fixed table beside the syllabus's own definitions. A question printing no command word is unbanded: unknown, not middling.

Command words

calculateApply1 question
work out from given facts, figures or information
explainAnalyse1 question
set out purposes or reasons / make the relationships between things clear / say why and/or how and support with relevant evidence

Where the questions come from

By year

20253
20244
20231

By session

May/June6
Oct/Nov2

By paper

Paper 17
Paper 21

Questions on this topic

Showing 6 of 8, spread across the years. Open one to write your answer and have it marked.

Question 7Oct/Nov 2025, paper 22Structured9 marksHas a diagram
An electric kettle has an outer casing made of metal. Fig. 7.1 shows the kettle. The heater in the electric kettle is connected to a $230 V$ mains power supply and has a power rating of $2300 W$ .
Try this question
Question 32Oct/Nov 2024, paper 12Multiple choice1 mark
How is energy transferred within a kettle that is powered by the mains supply?
Try this question
Question 31May/June 2023, paper 12Multiple choice1 mark
The power consumption of a microwave oven is $1500 W$ . The cost of $1.0 kWh$ of electrical energy is $24 cents$ . What is the cost of using the microwave oven for $10 minutes$ ?
Try this question
Question 31May/June 2025, paper 12Multiple choice1 mark
There is an electric current of $1.5 A$ in a $4.0 Ω$ resistor. How much energy is transferred electrically to thermal energy in $1.0 minute$ ?
Try this question
Question 30May/June 2024, paper 12Multiple choice1 mark
Which electrical appliance uses the heating effect of electricity?
Try this question
Question 31May/June 2024, paper 12Multiple choice1 mark
How many kilowatt-hours of energy are used by a $1000 W$ heater connected to a $230 V$ supply for 30 minutes?
Try this question